The three approaches to bring about organizational change and meet the Los Angeles school district crisis are: administrative reorganization, curriculum and instructional improvements, and staff development. (JF)

Discusses, also, four "modes" of teaching the arts--information, practical, interpretative, and critical; based upon a paper presented at convention of American Educational Theatre Association, August 1969. (SW)

Relates the history and describes the organization and development of the speech program at Tennessee State University, Nashville, a predominantly black institution.(SW)

Study supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education.

Five chapters in the "Annual Review of Psychology" are summarized to describe the development of the new research specialty--instructional psychology. It is concluded that the cognitive structure of the field is converging rather than diverging and is more conforming than radical. (EAO)

Discusses a four-point plan for setting up computer literacy programs for teachers and students. Plan focuses on involving existing education agencies; providing leadership; designing a teacher training program; and providing a feeling of belonging, security, and success for staff members. (JN)

Few areas of education have expanded as rapidly as preschool education in Europe during the 1970s. Questions have arisen, however, about whether such education should be publicly or privately funded. Britain and the Netherlands provide examples of the importance of involving parents in preschool education. (PB)

Assesses the development of schools over the past 10 years in the terms introduced by Charles Reich's "The Greening of America." (JW)

Reviews the views, recommendations, and impact of the President's Commission on Higher Education, created by Truman in 1946. Highlights the role envisioned for the community college in broadening the base of higher education, ties between the commission and the junior college, the commission report's definition of a community college; and the…

The question of whether educational research should be considered as a career or as an activity which those in education undertake is addressed. After considering criteria for a research career, the conclusion is that the forms of educational development are too varied to provide the basis for a research career. (KC)

Discusses the three basic themes of this issue: (1) current developments, trends, and definitions in gifted education; (2) career development needs of the gifted and talented; and (3) career education strategies that respond to the special needs of this group. (CT)

Reviews books considered to advance methodological and conceptual issues pertinent to comparative and historical educational research. (Author/DB)

The author reacts to the World Bank's 1980 Education Sector Policy Paper, highlighting changes in emphasis from the Bank's 1974 report. Part of a theme issue on the World Bank Paper and on aid to educational development in the Third World. (SJL)

Two educational development programs--a revolutionary project in Cuba and an evolutionary project in Jamaica--have implications for the rest of the world. (Author)